The Oracle Virtual Networking line of products offers an implementation of fabric virtualization that is worthy of consideration for any enterprise looking to address its I/O and connectivity issues.

According to IDC's server virtualization forecast, this year 73% of all new workloads deployed will be virtualized. By 2016, 78% of all new workloads deployed will be virtualized.

Data from IDC's 2012 Cloud System Software Survey shows that not just server virtualization but also storage virtualization and networking virtualization are viewed as the core infrastructure for cloud.

Fabric virtualization can help organizations realize the following benefits:

Reduce LAN and SAN capital expenditures by 50%

Reduce infrastructure complexity by 70%

Provision new services and reconfigure resources in minutes instead of days